The Ubuntu Experiment

[Chris Jones]

>> They are a good feature to demonstrate - they are easily understood, and
>> everyone can see how it would help them organise their existing computer
>> work.

> OK, I consider myself an expert - can you explain how it benefits me?  I'm
> serious.  I've never found a decent use for those desktops, so I wouldn't
> be able to convince a newbie.  The first thng I do on a KDE install, is
> reduce my desktops from 4 to 2, so that I can get the panel in half the
> height, but I practically never use even the second.

Do you ever have more than one task on the go ?

I regularly have 3-4 different work projects on the go at once, all of 
which have multiple applications and windows associated to them. 
Isolating each project to one or two workspaces is an incredibly useful 
way of keeping things under control.

I must confess, multiple workspaces are such an intuitively good thing 
IMHO, I find it hard to imagine anyone not using them ...

Chris